No compromise on quality in metro bus project: Hanif Abbasi

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the metro bus implementation committee, to review the pace of work and the impediments in way of the metro bus project, was held on Friday at the Jinnah Convention Centre. The meeting was chaired by metro bus project Chairman Hanif Abbasi.The meeting was attended by ex-MNA Shakeel Awan, ex-MNA Anjum Akeel Khan, ex-MPA Ziaullah Shah, CDA member Engineering, member Environment, Islamabad deputy commissioner, Rawalpindi district coordinator officer, and representatives of the NESPAK, RDA, SNGPL, IESCO, and contractors. While at the outset, Abbasi said that all the impediments which were hindering the work on the metro bus project have almost been removed. There are minor issues of shifting of services lines from different patches, which are no more hindrance to the work and the contractors shall work with full throttle to complete the project in the stipulated time frame.The meeting was informed that the RDA had appointed four engineers who would act as focal persons for different packages to coordinate with different departments and contractors. While speaking on the occasion, Abbasi stressed that there would be no compromise on the quality of work and material used in the project. He also asked the contractors to fully cooperate with the instruction of the district administration and police, keeping in view, the sensitivity of the prevailing law and order situation. He also noted that the pace of the work at Package-two of the Islamabad portion i.e. the interchange at Peshawar Morr is slow and asked the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) to arrange a separate meeting with the contractor of the said package. He further directed the contractors to install signboards of approved size for the facilitation of the public.They should also sprinkle water at the site regularly and cover the work area with sheets to avoid any untoward incident. All the contractors should depute at least three persons at the sites, to guide the commuters about the alternate routes, where the roads have been blocked due to work, he added.